Jeremiah 29:5

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

American King James Version (AKJV)

Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

American Standard Version (ASV)

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;

Webster's Revision

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

World English Bible

Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Clarke's Jeremiah 29:5 Bible Commentary

Build ye houses - Prepare for a long continuance in your present captivity. Provide yourselves with the necessaries of life, and multiply in the land, that ye may become a powerful people.